Even though it came as a surprise, the announcement made on Thursday, the 29th of June 2006, at the NLP (the National Liberal Party) headquarters by the PM and the Minister of the National Defense was predictable. Of course, it seems quite strange that NLP, a right-oriented party, approached a theme the left likes much more. For example, in Italy, the united left won the elections by demanding the withdrawal of the Italian troops in Iraq, the same troops that the right had sent there.
It also seems strange that the NLP decision is not a consequence of a certain dramatic event on the fronts in Iraq and Afghanistan.
On Thursday night, during the funerals of the soldiers killed in Afghanistan, PM Calin Popescu Tariceanu was a splendid mute spectator. If he felt so sorry for the possible future sufferance of other families, he could have given a sign by knitting his brows against the presidential blubber. He could have organized a press conference before or after the event and he could have discussed about the presence of the Romanian troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Why was it so predictable?
Because the amazing choke with the Dan Voiculescu case and the dishonorable fall of the Censorship Motion have created a new political reality: Until the 1st of January 2007, the Government of the chaotic coalition, identified as being formed of NLP almost exclusively, cannot be taken down.
The on-term or before-term elections have been postponed until after the official adherence to the EU.
Given the circumstances, Calin Popescu Tariceanu and his group in NLP have obtained a colossal advantage:
By exploiting to the maximum the enormous advantage of being the Power, of being the actual Power, NLP will totally go for:
a) trollopish electoral campaign;
b) merciless robbing of the national treasure.
The statement regarding the
